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Matilda Betham

A chi serena io miro,
  Chiaro e di notte il cielo:
  Torna per lui nel gelo
  La terra a germogliar.

Ma se a taluno io giro
  Torbido il guardo, e fosco,
  Fronde gli niega il bosco,
  Onde non trova in mar.

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From Elegies and Other Small Poems | 1794

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